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December 03, 2006

Request A Recipe.....

Most of the time, I just blog on whatever is cooking in my house or whatever catches my fancy. It could be a new cookbook, a vegetable from the farmer's market, a grilled item, a style of cooking or something I ate and just want to replicate. If I like something at someone's house, I always ask for the recipe and most of them part with their trade secrets willingly (he he some unwillingly:)). So I have a collection of my favourite recipes now. Also, each time someone asks a question, I learn something new. So I am welcome to suggestions to make the blog more interactive than a monologue on my part.

If you are looking for a recipe for a favorite dish, mail me a request, or respond as a comment to this post. Time permitting and if I am familiar with the dish/recipe, I will definitely try to post the recipe for you. Please be warned though, that I may not be able to respond to your request right away.

another vote for muttamaala...I have it in my recipe book and have attempted it once. Don't know it came out good...have never tasted the real thing! so I can't make a comparison.I am sure I will get more inspiration when you blog about it..with your beautiful pictures.

i guess u'll be giving me priority, as i was the first one to request for recipes(of pasta' remember, i even bought olive oil in anticipation).ha ha .and i want the recipe for the lovely payasam, i had at ur placelubki

hey shaheen, If time permits please post a few recipes for Non-veggie snacks. I am running out of recipes i have in my little note book. :) especially when the same ppl come over & over, its weird to have the same dish over & over. U know what i mean :)? btw, you invited me over for tea..but where in randolphville? :) I live on Morris Ave. Oh god! I can't believe you live so close to me.

I would love to see more traditional food from you. Food you would love to pass on to your children and food that are slowly disappearing from the dinner tables back in Kerala.

I would also love to read some background information about the dishes and the ingredients. You already do that. This is just to tell you that, i really appreciate that and would love you to keep doing it. If that's alright with you, ie.

Wow! I left the post on out of laziness and got so many ideas! Thanks a lot. All ur comments are saved and would be dealt with one by one. Ashwini, I have already blogged about mutton and fish biryani .That leaves me with chicken, beef and shrimp!

Surya, unnakayi , definitely one of my favourites.meen pidi.. i make erachi pidi more often, but no problem.

Mytheree, U are on a healthy streak there..Sure.

Anon: coincidentally , i made fish red curry with salmon on the weekend!

Nabee, get back to ur books!

ki, u obviously get preference!ur pasta is ready! and the godambu payasam.

Babli, I know what u mean. when our circle gets together, we are always looking for something new to make!

I love your blog and I am a big fan of yours. I would like to request recipes for arikadukka, kallummakka and prawn achar, muringaila recipes, idiyanchakka recipes, puffs crust if you can.I would also like to request some dishes with radish and thalolikka/peechinga(thekkan name). I have requested too many oops i will stop for now. Thanks!

hi shaheen...could you post the recipe for butter and ginger chicken and also recipe meen mulakilittathu...and vartharacha meen curry and pacha aracha meen curry....i am from calicut..try zanes next time you go to calicut..it is near the beach...u will have to get food from there as it is not a fun place to sit and eat..but the food is just tooo good....i love our malabar food....

I guess you have too much to work on, I have been happily reading through the recipes, now I realized I am late to request a recipe(is it too late?). Please post a recipe for a good soup, thats the first thing coming to my mind in this cold weather.

I dont know if you are totally swamped under requests but I would love to have a recipe for 'Palak Paneer'. I have seen a lot of recipes online but the gravy doesnt turn out thick like we get it in restaurants. what do they add to the gravy to make it that consistency?

Would be great to hear from you. Thanks in advance! my email id, if u need it, is naagu.v@gmail.com

can u post me trecipe of muttapaalappam? it is a sweet dish, delicate roll of aapam..and stuffed with some coconut...but t aapam itself is made of egg n sth..i had it sometime back in ramadhan at a fren's home. cud u pls post it?

Hi ShaheenMe from Cochin. Tho I haven't cooked a single dish yet i do visit ur blog often. Thanx for the lovely recipes and pictures.

Recently I asked a friend of mine for the recipe of a way too sinful chocolate cake that she'd made, n she refused politely. Ever since I've been on the hunt for a super soft, dark borwn, melt in ur mouth n stay on ur midriff choc cake recipe. Hope u can help.

N hey thanx a lot for sharing it means a lot in this world filled with animosity.

i keep planing to start a blog but with 2 little kids i never get the time ....I have some good recipes but i never measure..i guess that is the main reason for not posting anything....so kudos to you guys...i never take recipies from anywhere else on the net...tried and tested recipes from blogs are my favourite.....i am waiting for my koyibiriyani recipe and varth aracha (roasting coconut) and pacha aracha(without roasting) mean curry recipes..also butter chicken please.....

shaheen, have you tried to make diamond cuts(aaran number)...do u remember what was the black thing they put in the dough which is made using maida...oops..posted this in ur sago kheer recipe...thanksnandu

Hi,It is not sesame seeds or cardamom seeds..its some kind of jeerakam..perumjeerakam,karinjeerakam..sthing....and i have no idea what the diff is....between the jeeras....and what they are called in hindi and english..or if that black thing is kalonji....i bought kala jeera thinking it was the black thing..and god..it was so bitter....there are way too many diff kinds of jeeras and people call it diff things... :)

hey can u tell me the difference between kaalan and avial.Y'day I made Kaalan and my husband told me that he did not find any differce except for the seasoning:(I'm ur the right one to answer, so the I can post it in my blog:DIf can email me that will be gr8!

Great to see the logo of the blog essence of K.Cuisine..Happy to note its YOURS!!!No comment link underneath ,so posting here...I would be happy to help you out with kerala recipes,pictures...for those recipes may take some time coz i am waiting for my camera to get fixed.Cudn't get into the K.Cuisine blog as well:(..

hi,do u know of a recipe called "Kothiporichathu" made with rice, onions, salt & red chilli pwd? it is a breakfast dish. pls if u know can u include it in u r blog? i have heard it is from trishur side of kerala.

Hey I need this recipe or the right name for this snack...Hmm this is how it looks like...A fried poori but Its stuffed with Chichen Inside and is a malabari Muslim dish..Tastes so yum...Can you help with the recipe PlZZZ?

am not sure whether it is already in this blog..would love to see somethin for bachelors.who need a quick bite..some recipies which can be made exclusively in a microwave oven...Most of the dishes i know need lot of slicing..and sauting..

Hi,I want to prepare appam and would like to know it from you. Could you please give the recipe of appam. I have prepared fish fry and pathiri, taking recipes from your site... and it came out very well and it was my first attempt. Thanks a lot.

Big thank you for wonderful biryani recipe. Please do post your grandmother's exact traditional recipe when you have time, because these old traditions are so much in danger of disappearing. Once posted, they become sort of immortalized!

Also, in the traditional biryani, is the meat used somewhat fatty or lean, and what cuts are best? Ribs,neck, front shoulders? Your grandmother will surely have advice about this also. Thank you very much. Be well.

HI,I love your page and I tried out your Calicut mutton biriyani and it was delicious! Thank you so much for posting these great recipes. Could you plz post a recipe, i don't remember the name, but it is made with ethakkapayam (plantain), cocnut milk and some rice dumplings..i think my amma calls it pidi? Thank you again :)

Hi there Shaheen,Could you blog Channa Bhattura ? Even if i try many,didnt turn as what i expect.Since you are my buddy,(whatever you give here,till date for me it was success)I thought of requesting you.Thanks in advance.

I saw your recipie for samosa( both veg and onion) this was exactly like the ones i remember from school. Do you know how to make the choley, not the north indian one, but the southie kind. Please post recipie if you know.ThanksParul

Could you please post some healthy lunch recipes for small kids to take to school? Getting bored with quaesadillas, raviolies, all kinds of pastas, mac & cheese, sandwiches etc etc... Need help with some easy and healthy recipes, please.

Hey, came here accidently, while searching for nadan kozhi curry...and after that I never left....hehhee...:) Now, when I need to make something special, I always come here to search...Most often I will find them here..Thanks a lot for that... hmm, if I have to request something I think, it will be a long list...but for now, my hubbys birthday is coming soon... and I wanna make him his favorite Cheesecake...Could you please post a recipe...will be very grateful.... Thank you..And rock on..!!

There is a dish made with kappa(tapioca) and mathi(sardine)..mathi and kappa is mashed together like porridge, we usually call it "mathium pulayum ita udacha curry"..its a typical malabar dish....i just love that dish ..if u know the recipe cud plz post it ...thnks

Do u guys make Nombu Kanji? Its made of rice, ashali, coconut and jeera i think. am not 100% sure. Am sure of the ashali part though. If u make it can u post the recipie and tell me where i can find ashali

Afrin, i had posted a recipe for jeera kanji. that's what we make. i don't know what is ashali though. some one else also commented on the kanji that they use ashali and coriander powder, but we use it this way. just search for jeera kanji under malabar recipes on my side bar.

Hey Sheen, I made some spaghetti with tomato sauce the other day, but it felt like it was missing something. I did not add any spices to the pasta, and I was wondering what kind of spices you would recommend to give the spaghetti a distinctive flavor?

thanks a lot for putting up a lovely blog. i am not a passionate cook, but love to cook for my hub. and my 5 year old sweetie.i blindly follow your recipes and measurements.love all your recipes. esp. the non veg. ones.btw, i am also a calicuttian.keep the good work goin.

Hi,Stumbled upon your blog last week and I am so impressed like everyone else!good job!I tried your chicken tikka for diwali dinner and all the guests kept asking its recipe..it was so tasty that my main course sort of got wasted as guests were full eating starters!THANK YOU!Noticed that you have used garam masala in most of the meat dishes..can you please post a home made masala proportion?

hi shaheen,Am a great fan of ur blog, especialy the malabar dishes, as i too hail from malabar. i dont know if u have heard about this dish, its called chilly beef fry(usually get in kerala bars, and has the name beef double fry there). its not a indo-chinese dish,beef strips deep fried and decorated with fried green chillies. its an awesom dish.i have been searching for the recipe forever. please please tell me that u know the dish am talking about..

Hi Shaheen,This is kalpana. I have tried ur fish recipe and it has been always excellent. This time, I think I didnt add green chillies/pepper powder according to measurements as was doing it with 2.5 cup rice. Now I have this wonderful biryani which is super spicy. Is there any way to fix it? Can adding cooked basmati rice take away the extra spiciness? Please help! :)

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